White Lake Residents: "Keep Spice Out"

On the heels of Monday's White Lake Patch article about a growing number of residents wanting to , a Facebook group was created and a boycott organized.

The group, Boycott Spice/K2 Sellers in White Lake, was formed by White Lake resident and Huron Valley Schools Board of Education trustee Jeff Long. Since its formation on Tuesday, more than 50 residents have joined the group and started spreading the word about the boycott.

"This will be a public page to post the sellers of K2/Spice in White Lake, then we are going to ask the public to boycott those businesses," Long wrote on the group's page. "We will also encourage people to patronize those businesses that refuse to poison our friends and family."

Spice has been a hot topic the past few months. More and more parents are becoming aware of the drug, and schools have said it's a growing problem amongst students.

"This type of synthetic marijuana is extremely dangerous," White Lake Police Chief Ed Harris said. "There has been movement to introduce new legislation to ban all forms of this substance, however it is still pending. I would strongly recommend everyone contact their respective state representatives and senators to urge the passage of such legislation."

Currently, anyone 18 or older can purchase Spice.

"We are fully aware of Spice, and have had quite a few instances, maybe 5-10, of students in possession," Principal Paul Gmelin said. "Spice is dangerous and a problem not only in schools but also the entire community."

It is currently against district and school policy for students, even those who can legally buy it, to have the product on school property.

White Lake Township Supervisor said he is personally against Spice, but said the township leagally can't tell businesses that they need to stop selling it.

"We can ask, but because it's a legal drug we cannot force them not to sell it," Baroni said. "What we need is for the state legislature to take up this issue and ban it outright in the state."

Christopher Barbat, the manager for the BP station at Teggerdine and M-59 joined the Facebook group and said his station has not and will not sell Spice.

"I am a large promoter of the campaign against the products, and I believe whoever established this page is doing a great deed and a great job," Barbat wrote.

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